<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Darryl,<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Have a looksie at: <a href="http://www.alienraid.org/">http://www.alienraid.org/</a> it has some interesting info regarding Xraids connected to non apple hardware.</div><div><br></div><div>On another note:</div><div>I had a play with ZFS using OS X last weekend. (via ADC download)</div><div>very impressive!</div><div>Pity it 's not ready for commercial release but it was already at version 6 if I recall.</div><div>I tested on a G4 (digital Audio testing rig) with 8 x 250GB drives using 2 ACARD PCI PATA controllers.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Have you considered Solaris (for x86) assuming ZFS is included in it now, as it really helps with backup strategy being able to take snapshots.</div><div>JBOD the Xraid and run ZRaid2. (equivalent to raid6, something the Xraid cannot do)</div><div><br></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="3" color="#808080" style="font: 12.0px Arial; color: #808080; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; ">Raoul Callaghan</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="3" color="#808080" style="font: 12.0px Arial; color: #808080; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; ">I.T. 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I'm easy about whether its a G4 XServe of a Dell box. Any suggestions or tips? (I'm looking at this because I kinda need to use a system that supports the setuid bit on directories)</font> <br> <br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">thanks</font> <br><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><br> <br> Darryl Rosin<br> <br> Server Administrator, Digital Arts Project<br> Griffith University AUC Developer Fund Co-ordinator<br> <br> Research Computing Services<br> Division of Information Services<br> South Bank Campus<br> Griffith University 4111 Australia<br> <br> <a href="mailto:d.rosin@griffith.edu.au">d.rosin@griffith.edu.au</a><br> t: 07 3735 3280<br> <br> PRIVILEGED – PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL<br> This email and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for the use of the addressee(s) and may contain information which is confidential or privileged. 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